Monthly Archives: July, 2001

Motorola to sell multiservice networks division

CHICAGO-For an undisclosed sum of money, Motorola Inc. says it is selling its multiservices networks division to Los Angeles-based Platinum Equity.The company says the...

Verizon picks Microsoft’s Yukon: Database management market heats up

Microsoft Corp. may have turned up the heat in the database management system battle with IBM Corp. and Oracle. But some analysts believe that...

Bush administration: Bribes are problem

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration, in a new report with major implications for an emerging third-generation mobile-phone market worth billions of dollars in contracts, told Congress...

Moody’s raises rating on Triton PCS debt

NEW YORK-Citing "consistently strong operating results" and a "very good liquidity position," Moody's Investors Service raised the ratings July 5 on approximately $1.3 billion...

Telecom vendor losses ripple throughout industry, S&P says

NEW YORK-In a preview of its second-quarter corporate debt outlook, to be published July 27, Standard & Poor's Corp. said "the large loss announced...

ITU study group sets BICC protocols

GENEVA-The International Telecommunication Union group responsible for signaling requirements and protocols agreed July 2 on a second set of Bearer Independent Call Control protocols,...

China prepares to join WTO

WASHINGTON-China, the world's largest potential wireless export market, is on the verge of entering the World Trade Organization as officials wrap up negotiations to...

Western Wireless prepares for 2.5G in Montana

TERRY, Mont.-Western Wireless Corp. took a substantial step towards third-generation technology by launching 1xRTT high-speed wireless data service in rural Terry, Mont., last week.Western...

Correction

In the story "'Real World' equipped with Metrocall service," on page 33 of this issue of RCR Wireless News, the wireless carrier partnering with...

Glenayre unites behind communications apps

It's been almost two months since Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it would discontinue its paging infrastructure operations-a business Glenayre has been an integral part...

Late News

ATTW added to S&P 500AT&T Wireless Group, which has been spun off to AT&T Corp. shareholders, replaced Potlatch Corp., an integrated forest products company,...

CTIA lights E911 fireworks

WASHINGTON-In the world of wireless enhanced 911, the Fourth of July fireworks were not just up in the sky. Carriers, public-safety officials and government...

Metricom tangled in Chapter 11

It took just one year for the hype and optimism to come crashing down on Metricom Inc., which now finds itself choking on nearly...

U.S. firms can lead in wireless data, report says

A major question in the wireless data industry today seems to be: How do you make money?The recent refrain from industry watchers is that wireless...

@Track symbol changes on Nasdaq

RICHARDSON, Texas-@Track Communications Inc. announced its trading symbol has changed back to ATRKC on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market.According to Nasdaq requirements, the company's symbol...

TIW negotiate credit facility

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced it has negotiated amendments to its senior secured corporate credit facility.Under the new terms, the aggregate borrowing capacity is...

Sony’s recall costs reach $95.2 million

TOKYO-Sony Corp. said the impact from recalling a total of 1.1 million defective mobile handsets would reach $95.2 million. For the past couple of...

Dems join 3G spectrum fight

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration came under pressure from key Senate Democrats last week to require the Department of Defense to surrender spectrum sought by mobile-phone...

Certicom approves stock-option program

HAYWARD, Calif.-Certicom Corp.'s board of directors has approved a voluntary stock-option exchange program for employees."Going forward, we recognize that our employees are the single...

Health-related privacy suit pending in Cook County this week

WASHINGTON-An Illinois state court this week is poised to rule on a proposed $1.4 million health-related privacy suit against the cellular industry, which faces...

Late News

Telia sells remaining Vodafone sharesSTOCKHOLM, Sweden-Telia said it sold the remaining 66.5 million Vodafone shares it owned for about $147.1 million.When Irish telecom operator...

Chicago PrimeCo market sold to investment group for $600M

Just beating a federally mandated deadline, Verizon Wireless sold off its Chicago interests in PrimeCo Personal Communications last week to a telecommunications investment group...

Sprint PCS signs network-upgrade agreements

In spite of recent questions regarding the availability of spectrum for next-generation services, Sprint PCS pushed forward last week, announcing two deals with Lucent...

New York ban signed: Federal driving and dialing legislation pending

NEW YORK-With a stroke of Republican Gov. George Pataki's pen June 28, New York became the first state in the country to impose a...

NextWave saga adds twist to annual FCC appropriations hearing: Federal driving and dialing legislation pending

WASHINGTON-The impact on the federal budget of last month's decision by a federal appeals court to overturn the reclamation and re-auction of bankrupt NextWave...
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